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A good--and free--source of information is a website called "Microscopy U" from Nikon. They have many articles on the basics of microscopy. Anyone who's new to the subject should look at it; they'll probably want to download relevant articles and print them for future reference.

I have several Meiji microscopes that I use; I bought many of the on ebay and gotten good results. You'd have to visit ebay every day or two to find them, and beware that there are some offered at prices that are exorbitant. You can compare the asking prices with the prices for new microscopes on Am...

Further thoughts on brighter bulbs I'm still working on increasing the brightness of Meiji vertical illuminators. They originally were intended for 6V, 30 W bulbs (and come from the ML2000 series). They're not as bright as what I need for viewing dark biological specimins--like mold on a grape-- ep...

After reading this forum, I tried what I think you did: I bought a few different kinds of LED replacements for the halogen bulb in the vertical illuminator in one of my Meiji microscopes. I had been looking for a cheap way to increase the episcopic illumination. (I haven't tried it on the lower illu...

:cry: :roll: :oops: I've read the comments and they're correct. I really don't know how long a halogen bulb is supposed to last when used at the rated voltage but increasing the voltage will reduce the lifetime. But the bulbs are cheap and easy to replace. OTOH, I don't want to replace them every ot...

I have collected more than a dozen Meiji microscopes, many of which have dead power supplies. Replacing one of them with a new Meiji power supply is beyond my resources, so I tried making my own. It was surprisingly easy. In essence, 1) I disconnected what wires I needed to, added a new plug to rece...

I have collected more than a dozen Meiji microscopes, many of which have dead power supplies. Replacing one of them with a new Meiji power supply is beyond my resources, so I tried making my own. It was surprisingly easy. In essence, 1) I disconnected what wires I needed to, added a new plug to rece...

I've been using a Canon T3i DSLR for a few years, making pictures through the photo port on my microscopes. The results have, for the most part, been excellent. If you discount operator error. I just need to use an HDMI cable to connect the camera directly to a monitor. This gives a good, but not ex...

So. Using a USB camera can be complicated. Taking still images of moving critters (to use the scientific term) can be difficult because of the details of how the computer and the USB camera interact. The camera manufacturer has no control over the computer hardware and drivers, of course, which can ...

I think most good DSLR's will take both video and stills. That's not my problem. I'm only interested in stills at the moment. (BTW, my Canon T3i works very well for both.) The problem is that stills are messed up if the subject moves; it looks like the CCD is being read sequentially at the rate the ...

I have a 10 mp Omax USB camera, which takes good stills of stationary objects, but distorts moving objects. A moving object will have each individual part in focus, but the whole image is bent out of shape. The front (say) is in one place, but the back has moved away from it's original position, rel...

Amscope & Phase Contrast: I've been using an Amscope T690 with the phase contrast condenser & objectives for several years. Amscope is terrible about providing information on how to use their microscopes; you have to figure things out for yourself, but this product is pretty good. I also have a few ...

Does anybody know what this is? It looks similar to the dust mite, but I've found them in the debris filtered out of my fish tank.